Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Top 100 Albums of 2020: Under the Radar

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The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sinners Ryan Coogler
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Galleons Rick Barot
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Passages Ira Sachs
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
XXX Danny Brown
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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